We are happy to announce the upcoming event of the Data Science @ BOKU initiative:

Student Assessment and Data Science

on September 29th, 2025 in Muthgasse 18 HS XXI at 14:00

where we will showcase the automated generation of tests/exams, share experiences on digital exams and discuss student assessment in times of ChatGPT.

This event will be offered as a didactic training for teachers. If you would like to participate in the event, please register by Sept 22nd via BOKU Trainingspass

Program

14:00 Opening

14:05 Ursula Laa, Konstanze Lauseker (Insitute of Statistics)
           R/exams - Automated generation of tests/exams for BOKU learn

14:30 Edgar Galicia-Andrés (Institute of Molecular Modeling and Simulation)
           Using JupyterHub with nbgrader for automatic generation and evaluation of exams

14:50 Enrico Soranzo (Institute of Geotechnical Engineering)
           Automated Grading with LLMs in Geotechnics

15:15 Coffee Break

15:45 Andreas Zitek (Teaching and Learning Services, Division of E-Learning and Didactics) 
           and Gregor Laaha (Institute of Statistics)
           Digital exams with BYOD: 
           Experiences, challenges and best practices in exams with students' own devices

16:15 Emma Izquierdo-Verdiguier (Institute of Geomatics)
           Integrating academic AI into assessment design for remote sensing and GIS

16:35 Andreas Zitek (Teaching and Learning Services, Division of E-Learning and Didactics)
           Use of Academic AI: Using AI-powered tools for personalized learning and automated feedback

17:00 Discussion

17:30 Networking with Sushi and Drinks

For more information (mailing list, forums, contact), please visit: https://short.boku.ac.at/datascience